Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-05-28
KANSAS STATE NEWS

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Harper has voted s1sooo for . new sabse
house.
Corn is looking we'll all over Northsra
A Board of Trade has been orrani.ad =
Frankfort
Hutchinson is to have Patience reuiaer.
ed BY homo talent
Abilene viii bore for gas, 90 a. to kan n
with the procession.
At Newton the Salvation Army has MAJ
sixty -four converts.
Oonoordia expects to have her water vurnu
completed By June 18th.
Work has been commenced ON the Fore
Try farm near Ogallah.
A Winfield contract hiss bean Lat ia, . sen
600 block Of stone building.
There are LILO Indians ON the Pottav.&.
omie reserve in Jackson oornty.
A syndicate has bought $50, 600 worth AZ
Parsons' property and will boom the ton.
There are living in Harvey couaty 100
hundred members Of the Society Of Friend.
Wellington now has seven daily nevspspsrp
each OF which was started t. All 'slong felt
Every booming town must have COLLEGE.
There are about six dozen being built IN
Kansas.
Topeka is the greatest Touring center IN
the Unit*d States with the exception q
Minneapolis.
A large number Of tramps have mada
their appearance in Garden City since tho
opening Of spring.
The Indebtedness of the CITY of Ieavsn-
worth is given in the annual report of ~
city clerk at $751;, 47.88.
Ottawa is threatened with several lame
damage suits on account of cess pool which
the city does not remove.
A company has been Organized at vallev
Falls, to bore for coal. The Nsw Era says
work Will soon be commenced.
Hutchinson expects to be reached By the
Rock Island road by the middle of July.
Trains are now running to Harrington.
II il said that at least hundred difPersnA
surveying parties are at work in northern
Kansas, surveying proposed railroad lines,
Hiawatha is working up college scheme.
Five acres of land and $4,000 have ben
donated a. starter by private citizen.
A splendid oil portrant Of Governor John
A. Martin has been presented 20 the State
Historical Society by number Of his friends.
Linn county appropriated $1,000 for The
cyclone sufferers. The losses by Cyclone IN
the county are estimated to approach q
quarter of million.
It cost Paols $4,000 to find natural &C.
and put in shape t. use. The whole city b.
now lighted with it and fuel supplied for $50
stoves besides many MANUFACTURERS.
The Stockton academy is the name Of the
new educati onal institution founded by the
Northwestern association of Kansas Congre-
Qstionalists in the booming town.
Kansas People: The pay roll of the Usage
Carbon company for the month Of April,
1887, is $4,000, and for April. last year,
about 5000; an increase of nearly $4,000
Jesse Sailing succeeded in landing huge
cat-fieh last Tuesday that weighed ffty-on
thirty-two pounds. IL was caught near Tie
wagon bridge in the Neosho.
Over in Comanche county lot Of finely
to be the section Of q ships mast, have ben
found. The latter IL petrihed and has IN
iron band around one end.
Garden City does not seem 70 be much a
q backwoods town. The Herald gives more
than two columns to description Of -
magnificent wedding reception In which Tho
elite of the city joyously participated.
Last Saturday seven buffalo aud two
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and about twenty-five range cattle aftef
them as fast as they could 60. A party cap-
tured one Of the calves.-SheTm0n Co. Nes1s.
Delaware township, Jefferson county, 4
which Valley Falls Is situated, has popQ!a.
ton Of 2,S76. The personal property OF The
Of SIC, Oh over the valuation OF last war.
Mr.. O. W. HILL Wellington 2asworks
contractor, IL becoming restless oyer the
discoveries of natural gas. he has sos.
towns pending the recent developments IN
boring for gas.
Garden City Sentinel: A man and two
aged about six and eight yeerB,
claiming to be natives of southeastern Mto-
souri and to have walked the entire distance
to this place, have arrived here. They ex-
pect to walk to Denver.
Fred Kneople. young man man residing
at Colony, while horse back riding, w.
thrown from his horse, his foot catching IN
the stirrup, and dragged for long distance
by the horse which ran away. He sustained
such serious injuries that death resulted IN
about five hours after the accident occurred.
Atchison Globe As an evidence that the
soil of Kar sas is particularly rich, We men-
tior that John Nicklaus, of AtchisoD, haD
made comfortable living for great many
years by gardening on three Atchison lots.
BE has not only made living, but he b.
saved money, and quite recently built .
large addition to his house. There II not
! country under the sun where the record
san be equalled.
FL Dorado, Eureka and other western
towns have been infested with gang Of
burglars who travel from place to placa, an0
Who have stolen hundreds Of dollars. T0wng
sbout this section of this state are cautioned
70 be on the lookout for these burglana
They understand their business and en-
ox>avn a sofa in onu than TIM Yy1iuu&nm